Chef Jorge Posada
Jorge Posada is the Executive Sous Chef at the Museum of Nature and Science. He was born in Durango Mexico, but grew up in El Monte California. It is a city in Los Angeles County that lies in the San Gabriel Valley, east of LA. This is where he spent half of his life before coming to Colorado in 2001. Growing up in California exposed Jorge to different people, cultures and of course food.
In 2004 Jorge began his career in the food service industry as a dishwasher for a small retirement community. This is where he realized that a profession as a chef would be something that could carry him a long way. His curiosity and artistic ability fueled the fire needed to motivate him to keep learning and growing within the company. He quickly moved into a prep cook role while continuing to learn from different mentors and colleagues. Before he knew it, he was offered a line cook position. This was not enough for him. He wanted more, so he began to search for other places where he could showcase his newly acquired skill while continuing to learn and evolve.
In 2009 he was offered a job as a prep cook for a much larger retirement community in Highlands Ranch Colorado. This community served about five hundred residents when he first started. By the time he left, the community had about three thousand residents. Within the community there was two fine dining restaurants, a café, a bistro, a deli, and a tavern. Which exposed him to even more cuisine, cooking techniques, and many other aspects of the food service industry before leaving in 2017.
In 2018 he started working for a small chain of breakfast restaurants as a sous chef, but had every intention of moving up and eventually becoming a General Manager. He was the first employee to go from sous chef to GM. His love for food and passion for developing people has provided and successful and rewarding career in the hospitality industry. He hasn’t forgotten those who helped him along the way and hopes that he makes a difference in someone’s career, just like his mentors did for him.
Jorge started his journey with DMNS in March 2023, and though he hasn’t been here that long, he plans on contributing to the success of the organization in any way possible for many years to come.